_ the form of dark chambers
tag: [work] [automavision] [phygital] [digi]
date: 20210316
classification: automavision experiment
interal link: arch-for-change auction;
external link: architecture-for-change.org;
Film director Yasujiro Ozu often employs long diagonal camera compositions to emphasize depth. For Ozu, every relevant subject must be fully seen. The only truth is what is captured on film. Nothing exists beyond the image. Through this approach, he blurs the boundary between subjective perception and objective reality.
Inspired by Ozu’s filming logic, this study proposes the digital camera, with its visualized frustum, as a mold for reshaping what constitutes meaningful form. The project responds to an ongoing inquiry into the limitations of computer software and hardware, suggesting that form can be optimized according to how it is viewed rather than how it is conventionally constructed.
The workflow is based on the deliberate misuse of existing digital tools, treating their constraints as generative principles rather than obstacles. This methodology became the conceptual and technical framework for the architecture seminar at Virginia Tech in Fall 2021, titled Automavision I: The Depth of Frustums.
Inspired by Ozu’s filming logic, this study proposes the digital camera, with its visualized frustum, as a mold for reshaping what constitutes meaningful form. The project responds to an ongoing inquiry into the limitations of computer software and hardware, suggesting that form can be optimized according to how it is viewed rather than how it is conventionally constructed.
The workflow is based on the deliberate misuse of existing digital tools, treating their constraints as generative principles rather than obstacles. This methodology became the conceptual and technical framework for the architecture seminar at Virginia Tech in Fall 2021, titled Automavision I: The Depth of Frustums.
